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Denmark willing to ban marmite but not risky deep sea Arctic oil drilling

Blog entry by Nick Young | 25 May, 2011 2 comments

Our little jar of marmite on board the Arctic Sunrise has polarized the crew – you either love it or you loath it. There’s no middle ground and, for some reason, it’s a popular topic of discussion over breakfast in the mess. So this...

Video: update direct from the oil rig

Blog entry by Jess Miller | 1 September, 2010 1 comment

Watch Sim talk about his "relatively comfortable" night dangling off the underside of Cairn's Stena Don rig. Our four climbers are still on Cairn's rig, stopping the company from continuing its dangerous drilling in Arctic waters.

LIVE: Action to go beyond oil in the Arctic

Blog entry by LisaV | 31 August, 2010 30 comments

From Lisa at this morning's ongoing action against Cairn's reckless drilling in the Arctic - click here for the live feed from the Esperanza. Just a moment ago we launched our inflatables at the crack of dawn in the misty...

Blue Noses in the Royal Kingdom of the Polar Bear

Blog entry by LisaV | 23 August, 2010 3 comments

We have officially arrived in the Arctic! After coming into Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday to pick up Arne, our ice pilot - we headed north and crossed the Arctic circle yesterday afternoon. I was incredibly excited about crossing the line...

A time to act

Blog entry by JulietteH | 8 August, 2010 2 comments

Several things have been going on this year that should make politicians pause and reflect on what a climate emergency means - and take action to stop it. The extent of the Arctic sea ice this July is the second lowest on record ...

Polar bear to starboard

Blog entry by Nick Young | 13 June, 2011 15 comments

We were trying to put two people ashore in Iqaluit - a small and isolated settlement on the East Coast of Canada. Why we were doing that is a story for another day but while we were there, something unforgettable happend. We  were...

Daily News: Cairn’s Arctic Oil Spill-Response Plan Finally Appears; US Farmers Grow...

Blog entry by Josh S | 16 August, 2011 1 comment

Top News: Greenland publish oil-spill plan six-months after Cairn’s risky Arctic operation begins; Greenpeace flagship sets sail for a new life; American farmers grow first GM corn that’s for fuel, not food; Bill Gates Foundation...

Daily News: Radioactive caesium found in Tokyo tap water;Italian police break-up...

Blog entry by Josh S | 4 July, 2011

Top news: For the first time since April, Tokyo’s taps produce radioactive water; ministers and animal rights activists call Italian police to disperse feast of bear-meat attended by Berlusconi supporters; top Australian scientific...

VIDEO: Calling on the Leiv Eiriksson

Blog entry by Ben Ayliffe | 28 May, 2011 1 comment

Having recently travelled through the aptly-named “Iceberg Alley” here off Greenland, I’ve seen first-hand the extreme conditions Cairn Energy want to drill for oil in this year. The sight of giant chunks of ice, some of them hidden...

Activists Scale Oil Rigs to Halt Arctic Drilling

Blog entry by Arturo | 28 August, 2010

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is in the Arctic to protest Cairn Energy's drilling here . At dawn (August 31st) Greenpeace activists left the Esperanza aboard inflatables, succesfully evaded the Danish Navy, and scaled the Stena Don...

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